 Meetings

 Conference calls
 Telephone calls
 Presentations
 Video or audio recordings
 Giving Directions
 Other forms of oral communication
 Used slideshow  The following 15
created in slides are the
Foundation Skills Foundation Skills
section of CTAERN Oral
Resource cd for Oral Communications
Communications. slide show.

 PowerPoint
slideshow and Oral
Communication Test
are available.
 Georgia CTAE Resource Network
Instructional Resource Office
To accompany curriculum for the Georgia Peach
State Career Pathways
April 2009, Kayla Calhoun & Dr. Frank Flanders
 Recall the key concepts of oral communication
 Define the three elements of oral
communication
 List the steps for planning a successful oral
presentation
 Design a presentation outline using the 9 steps
of oral communication
 Describe the strengths and weaknesses of a
presentation
 Expressing ideas and information as well as
influencing others through the spoken word
 Can also include nonverbal communication
 Important for any career, whether you use it in
informal conversations or business presentations
 Key Concepts: speaker, message, channel,
receiver, feedback, noise, context
 Content: information conveyed in presentation

 Organization: structure of presentation

 Delivery: means of communication

1. Determine a general purpose
2. Analyze the audience
3. Choose a specific purpose
4. Research the topic
5. Organize and outline the presentation
6. Visual aids
7. Practice
8. Delivery
9. Assessment
 Purposes:
 Inform
 Persuade
 Entertain/move
 Relate your message to your audience’s
knowledge, beliefs, and interests
 Study demographic data
 Consider size, setting, and prior disposition
toward the topic and yourself
 Important to present the most relevant
information while avoiding offense
 Narrow your topic
 Ex:
 General purpose: inform
 Specific purpose: Provide information about the
current issues affecting Georgia agriculture
 Should be explicitly stated in introduction
 Gathering facts, figures, testimony, and
examples
 Establishes credibility
 Competence: speaker’s knowledge of subject
 Character: speaker’s trustworthiness
 Introduction
 Attention-getter
 Thesis
 Preview statement
 Body: 2-5 main points
 Conclusion
 Summary of main points
 Strong concluding statement
 Organizational patterns
 Chronological
 Spatial
 Topical
 Cause-effect
 Problem-solution
 Connectives
 Transitions, internal previews and summaries,
signposts
 Should add to the presentation
 Visible to audience
 Talk to audience, not visual aid
 Explain visual aids to audience
 Can be PowerPoint, graph, chart, DVD,
transparency, people, etc.
 Delivery methods:
 Manuscript
 Memorization
 Extemporaneous
 Impromptu
 Be sure to practice using visual aids
 Time your presentation
 Voice: volume, pitch, pauses, articulation,
pronunciation
 60% of meaning from nonverbal cues
 Gestures, eye contact, posture, facial
expressions
 Physical appearance
 Environment
 Being late and rushing through presentation
 Ask for feedback from the audience
 Identify strengths and weaknesses of your
presentation

Slides 4-18 were used from CTAE Resource Foundation Skills lesson plans
 Developing Listening Skills Activity
 Developing Listening Skills Handout
 Developing Skills for Understanding Handout

 Following Directions Handouts

 Studentscomplete three activities about
following directions.

 Telephone Etiquette Project

 Prepare an oral presentation based on the
handouts given – Informative Oral
Presentation, Grading Rubric, and Self
Reflection.

 Each student will present their topic to the

class

 Classmates will evaluate each presenter and

observe and record nonverbal communication
gestures used during the presentation.
 Literal Writing Activity
 Use literal (precise) writing for accurate
information in giving directions

 Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

or
 Wrap a Gift